Lots of folks have asked me “hey, what happened to the double-shot ?” Short answer: we still have a double-shot, but this year’s implementation is different from last year’s. For the long answer, I checked with our design team - here’s what I heard back from Steve Kaneko , our design director. Here’s what he told me: We have maintained the double-shot plastic for this year’s devices. The surprise this year is that we used a light inside color and a tinted outside shot that carries the hue. The effect...

Industrial Design reports on something that Zune owners have known for a long time: brown is the new black. Saying, "When Microsoft revealed last fall that its new iPod challenger, the Zune, would come in brown, there was a chorus of snickers on the blogosphere. . . But what if Microsoft was right?" An interesting article. As well as anybody, I'm no stranger to the 'chorus of snickers' the article mentions. Often makes me think of the quote , "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they...

We partnered with streetwear design kingpins Union, UNDFTD and Stussy to create limited edition Zune devices for an auction: Hypebeast has the details . In other news, I have perhaps seen. . . the greatest video tribute to America , EVAR. I just had to share.

First off, I know that I've been put on the academic probation list here at Blog State University. I'll know more after I meet with vice-principal Allard. (I owe Dodge credit for this line of joke. He's funnier than me) . Anyways, I wanted to show you folks the CSS tour poster. I even got them to sign it when they were here last week . (notice a familiar logo?)